We first travel to a waste bank on the island of Lembeh, Indonesia to see how recycling works (or doesn’t work) in small villages. Then we take a look at PET plastic recycling in Asian urban centres...it’s feasible…but if local governments here shoulder the burden of collecting and sorting the plastic waste...is that really making the polluters pay? 

This new 5-episode season is based on The Asia Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Boell Foundation with support from Break Free From Plastic Asia Pacific.

Guests:

Helen Panangung, Lembeh Scuba Resort, Indonesia

Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic, Philippines

Miko Alino, GAIA Asia Pacific, Philippines

Ashwin Subramaniam, GA Circular, Singapore

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Production credits:

Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Bonnie Au

Associate producer: Jiaxing Li

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

Music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue):

Quarry Clouds, Gathering Stasis, Frank and Poet

Video credit:

#BrandAudit2020 BFFP Reveals this Year's Top Plastic Polluters

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/globalbrandauditreport2020/

Break Free From Plastic Philippines Project